Welcome to this week’s edition of The Broad Brush, your Alameda week in review. Here’s your Island news for this week. The San Leandro Bay Bridge – better known to locals as the Bay Farm Island bridge …

By Dave Boitano A former college professor and newcomer to Alameda has been chosen as the new member of Alameda’s Board of Education. Philip Hu, an assistant general manager for Public Employees Union …

Should Alameda have one comprehensive high school or two? About 50 people – including school board members past, present and prospective – showed up at Will C. Wood Middle School on Thursday night to …

Pagano’s Hardware Mart has occupied the corner of Lincoln Avenue and St. Charles Street for nearly 70 years. But in a few short months, the iconic Island shop, which bills itself as “so much more than …